Just finished Dr Jill Taylor’s “My Stroke of Insight” and if I could get everyone in the world to take it as assigned reading (hey, it’s less than 200 pages!), I would.
Frickin’ brilliant book.
Nutshell is that at the age of 37, neuroanatomist Taylor had a stroke that essentially wiped out the left side of her [...]

A few days ago I leafed through my October edition of Yoga Journal, conveniently delivered to my doorstep whilst the September issue still graces the newsstands.  Was busy & gave it a cursory run through, noted the Ana discussion regarding Forrest abs in the comments/letters section on p 22 & then tossed it into recycling.
Bad move. [...]

Towards the end of Forrest teacher training, we were instructed to make a list of all the things yoga has given us.  And encouraged to keep the list alive, updated & carry it along to reread on those days when we just couldn’t “get it up” to practice or teach.  One of these days when I don’t [...]

I’ve been workin’ a home practice alot this week — combination of feelin’ poorly Sun/Mon & then getting really interested in some specific aspects of my attitude & technique that I wanted to focus on.  Today I went back to a favorite 2 hr Forrest Intensive CD, Day 4 of the 5 day set to [...]

Practiced at home today, to the mellifluous humorous dulcet tones of Dr. Heidi Sormaz, Fresh Yoga owner & Forrest yoga goddess.   Did her Sacrum stabilization hour class then right into a gentle Forrest 90 minute session.
Forrest yoga talks about how we get metaphysical crap lodged into tight or injured areas & need to address the emotional [...]

Thank you so much to all who have submitted book suggestions!!  Awesome, awesome, awesome… I’m thinkin’ now that we’ve moved the Cambridge Move page will come down & I’ll devote that page to books!  Yoga bibliophiles unite!
Today I was having a glum draggy day for no good reason which persisted through teacher’s practice.  It was alleviated only [...]

Got the (for me) irresistible challenge to list my current favorite yoga-related books.  Couldn’t keep it to ten… think I ended up with 14 so far.  Provided the Amazon.com link (or tried to, anyway) in case someone wanted a longer review which I’m just too lazy to provide this morning.
Note, these are not necessarily strictly [...]

Feeling better today but still tired & bit weak .  Did a 75 minute basics practice (pranayama, twists, abs, suns) mid-morning & planning another 45 minute basics a little later this evening.
Beloved Husband (BH  & I were hanging out last night, and I quite honestly told him for the thousandth time that he [...]

Home sick today; did a short practice of supported, gentle poses, very gentle & laidback.   Not what was on the plan, but screw the plan.
Was reminded strongly of a very specific move in Forrest yoga… it’s a tiny move, but something that Ana will stop an entire workshop in order to explain its importance.  When coming [...]

Subbed the Beginning Forrest class today & had a BLAST.  Teaching is so fun because it’s all about the students; there’s this complete lack of self-consciousness & blossoming of enthusiasm that makes time disappear. 
We talked a little bit about directing the breath into the body & the pose & again, for me, while it may sound [...]